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Hervé Villechaize
Sign in to saveAlso known as Herve Villechaize, Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize, Hervé Jean Pierre Villechaize, Herve Jean-Pierre Villechaize, Herve Jean Pierre Villechaize
French actor (1943–1993)
Film & TV
Paris, France
Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize was a French actor and painter of English and Filipino descent. He achieved worldwide recognition for various roles including that of the evil henchman Nick Nack in the James Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun, as well as Mr. Roarke's assistant, Tattoo, in the television series Fantasy Island.
Known for
- Web Junk 202006
- The Ben Stiller Show — Hervé Villechaize1992
- The Larry Sanders Show — Hervé Villechaize1992
- The Carol Burnett Show — Skit Characters1991
- Two Moon Junction — Smiley1988
- The Telephone — Voice on Freeway1988
- All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular — Self1985
- Forbidden Zone — King Fausto of the Sixth Dimension1982
- Rumpelstiltskin — Rumpelstiltskin1982
- Airplane II: The Sequel — Little Breather1982
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Key facts
- Born
- Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize , ( 1943-04-23 ) 23 April 1943, Montauban , France
- Died
- 4 September 1993 (1993-09-04) (aged 50), North Hollywood , California , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1966–1993
- Notable work
- Nick Nack in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) , Spider in Seizure (1974) , King Fausto in Forbidden Zone (1980) , Smiley in Two Moon Junction (1988)
- Television
- Fantasy Island
- Height
- 3 ft 11 in (119 cm)
- Spouses
- Anne Sadowski ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1970 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1979 ) Camille Hagen ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1980 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1982 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Montauban
- Place of death
- North Hollywood
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- French
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Herve Villechaize 1977.jpg
- Height
- 122
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- date of birth
- 1943-04-23
- date of death
- 1993-09-04
- manner of death
- Suicide
- Commons category
- Hervé Villechaize
- name in native language
- Hervé Villechaize
- birth name
- Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize
- medical condition
- dwarfism
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- end of work period
- 1993-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize ( French: [ɛʁve vilʃɛz]; April 23, 1943 – September 4, 1993) was a French actor. He is best known for his roles as the evil henchman Nick Nack in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun and as Mr. Roarke's assistant, Tattoo, on the American television series Fantasy Island that he played from 1977 to 1983. On Fantasy Island, his shout of "De plane! De plane!" became one of the show's signature phrases. He died by suicide in 1993.
Early life
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